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The polytenic chromosomes of Proro-centrum micans are composed of circular chromatids twisted into an anortho-spiral arrangement.
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HAAPALA, O., SOYER, MO. Structure of Dinoflagellate Chromosomes. Nature New Biology 244, 195–197 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio244195a0
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